girls' education. so she ha pli impacts certainly in development during those years. as senator she continued to be active on those issues. the work that went on with afghan women early in 2003 recognizing how critical they would be to the creation of a better future for afghan women. she was very involved in when she traveled as a senator. she didn't travel that much internationally, but when she did, to afghanistan or to iraq, she met wit all of theey peop, but she always asked that she also meet with some of the key women. and then as secretary, she really made these issues a cornerstone of our foreign policy, obviously, in creating the position that i have, which is the first ever u.s. ambassador for global women's issues, it was sending a signal that the united states took these issues seriously, that we recognize that no country could get ahead if it left half of its people behind. and over the lt fo years, under her leadership, a great deal of policy has been created. the president issued a national action plan on women, peace and security that recognizes that